APPLE INC.

Manufacturing · Primarily CA · PERM filings 2019–2025

#6 top sponsor

Overview

APPLE INC. is a Manufacturing employer that has filed 7,091 PERM green-card applications between FY2019 and FY2025. That places it #6 among all U.S. PERM sponsors in our dataset. 3,372 were certified (47.6% approval rate), taking about 282 days on average. The most-sponsored role is Software Developers, Systems Software, with most worksites in CA, and the median sponsored wage is $151,902.

7,091

PERM filings

47.6%

approval

25

denied

$151,902

median wage

282d

avg processing

Worker background

Across 5,720 filings with beneficiary data, the most common country of origin is INDIA (59%). (From legacy PERM form data, FY2020–FY2024.)

Top countries of origin

  • India3,359
  • China1,057
  • Canada335
  • Taiwan89
  • France78
  • United Kingdom76
  • Germany60
  • Australia47
  • South Korea46
  • Brazil40

Prior visa status

  • H-1B5,221
  • L-1324
  • O-184
  • TN37
  • H-426
  • F-18
  • E-37
  • Parolee4

Education

  • Master's3,981
  • Bachelor's1,326
  • Doctorate282
  • None119
  • Other11
  • High School1

PERM filings by year

Occupations & job titles

The occupations APPLE INC. most often sponsors, with average wages.

OccupationFilingsAvg wage
Software Developers, Systems Software 1,617 $167,034
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer 1,286 $144,341
Software Developers 1,024 $155,426
Software Developers, Applications 496 $164,086
Computer Hardware Engineers 303 $154,875
Electrical Engineers 173 $146,182
Industrial Engineers 142 $138,473
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 138 $140,532
Logisticians 137 $133,920
Mechanical Engineers 135 $146,285

Common job titles

Software Development Engineer 1,960 ASIC Design Engineer 818 Machine Learning Engineer 372 Hardware Development Engineer 369 Software Engineer Applications 315 Engineering Project Coordinator 161 Product Design Engineer 130 Design Verification Engineer 125 Data Scientist 120 Software Development Engineer - Applications 109 Tools and Automation Engineer 109 Systems Design Engineer 106

Worksite states

CA 6,642 TX 276 WA 109 NY 21 FL 14 OR 13 MA 10 CO 3 NC 3

Wage range

$137,300

25th

$151,902

median

$170,000

75th

$192,941

90th

Law firms used

  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP5,305
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP1,365
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy, LLP.126
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen, Loewy, LLP70
  • Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen Loewy LLP56
  • Fragomen, Del Ray, Bernsen Loewy, LLP39

Recent filings

CaseJob titleStatusWorksiteDecision
A-21225-31060 Software Quality Assurance EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 14, 2022
A-21224-30434 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 14, 2022
A-21102-73112 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 14, 2022
A-21267-49276 Software EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 14, 2022
A-21260-45961 Software Development Engineering ManagerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 14, 2022
A-21262-46793 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 13, 2022
A-21244-38703 ASIC Design EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 13, 2022
A-21236-35102 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 13, 2022
A-21231-33609 ASIC Design EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 13, 2022
A-21209-23447 Senior Analog Layout EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 13, 2022
A-21203-20717 Senior Analog Layout EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 13, 2022
A-21235-34694 Hardware Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 13, 2022
A-21159-97588 Hardware Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 13, 2022
A-21149-93787 Computer Hardware EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 13, 2022
A-21176-07951 Software Engineer ApplicationsCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 13, 2022
A-21222-29546 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 13, 2022
A-21207-22201 Software Reliability EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 13, 2022
A-21202-20143 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 13, 2022
A-21161-99048 Software Development EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 13, 2022
A-21160-98249 Machine Learning EngineerCertified - Expired Cupertino, CA Apr 13, 2022

Source: U.S. DOL OFLC PERM disclosure data. Wages are annual-equivalent; outliers excluded.